Alan, Can you give me an example of how to setup the message so it can do this? some step by step would of help.
Eugene On Jan 4, 10:37 pm, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > Let's be clear here ... the Hotmail add-on is totally incapable of > moving messages from any custom folders on the Hotmail server to > custom folders in Thunderbird (be it for Junk or any other custom > folder). This has been posted over and over again. > > Thunderbird can follow only one rule, cast in concrete, that has never > changed and never will and that is the POP3 protocol. The POP3 > protocol is THE STANDARD written when dirt was new. These add-ons > cannot make Thunderbird do anything different. > > The POP3 protocol allows for messages to be transferred from the > server to the Inbox of the mail client. That is it - no frills, no > exceptions - that is what you get. It was written in the days of > expensive server space so it assumed that, by default, you would > delete your messages on the server once read. However, it did allow > for messages to be retained on the server. So, in the POP3 protocol > messages on the server have one of three states only. The first is > that they exist or they do not. The next two are that, while they > exist, they have been downloaded or they have not. That is it for POP3 > - no read or unread status on the server exists for POP3. > > Therefore our Webmail Author is (rather cleverly) playing fast and > loose with the protocol and, by manipulating the features offered in > the Web access offered by the Hotmail service, somewhat fooling > Thunderbird to accept messages delivered from custom folders on the > Hotmail server. Nevertheless the Webmail Author cannot overcome the > fact that all messages delivered to a Thunderbird POP account must go > to the Inbox of the account in Thunderbird. > > Despite this restriction and recognizing that users of the Webmail add- > ons may wish to be able to segregate messages in Thunderbird based on > the originating folder on the server the Webmail Author has provided > help that can be used in Thunderbird. > > The Webmail Author adds to all messages and extra header line with the > format: > > X-Folder: xxxxxx > > Where xxxxx is the name of the originating folder on the Hotmail (or > Yahoo etc) server. > > For our part we need to create in Thunderbird one or more "Message > Filters" that will look at the X-folder header information and decide, > based on the orginating folder name what we want to do with it in > Thunderbird - for example move it to the same folder name in > Thunderbird. Thunderbird messages filters are not complicated but you > will need to tell Thunderbird about the X-folder header. > > If anyone reading this finds the message filters in Thunderbird too > daunting then please just say so and I will try to provide further > assistance. > > I hope this will help a bit. > > Alan > > On Jan 4, 1:43 pm, KE4AVB <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sandy, > > > It may appear not work, Check your Hotmail Inbox. > > > I normally don't use the download Junk or any download any of the other > > folders. I gave it a try this morning with the following results: > > > All of the Junk Mail was download to my Inbox inbox instead of the Hotmail > > Junk folder. One option here is to use SpamAssassin and have it foward the > > Junk Mail automatically to the Junk Folder after it is downloaded; > > although, it will need some training as it will miss some and flag some > > that are not junk for awhile. > > > As far which folders will if put them depends if your setup for independent > > folder file to each Hotmail account separately or using single Junk Mail > > Folder. Mail from other folders would need transferred which folder you > > wish for them to be in manually or use a filter to transfer them. > > > Personally, I would like seen it auto file the emails to the correct folder > > as it was downloaded but was not the case here with the current Hotmail > > add-on. > > > If still having please post in the forum and someone else may other ideas > > or had the same problem. > > > Eugene > > > >Hi Eugene > > > >Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. I had selected POP but had > > >checked different buttons eg Download Junk Mail and later, all 3 > > >buttons. I tried your suggestion last night. Unfortunately, none > > >seems to work for me. > > > >I'm not clear as to what (if anything) to put in the Download folders > > >box. Is that just the name of the junk folder in Tbird eg Junk? If > > >so, does junk mail for all the 3 Hotmail accounts go into the same > > >folder? I have tried a couple of things there but none worked. > > > >Sandy
